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Quanta Services (PWR) Q2 Earnings Miss, Guidance UpAugust 03, 2017

Quanta Services Inc. (PWR - Free Report) is a leading national provider of specialty contracting services, and one of the largest contractors serving the transmission and distribution sector of the North American electric utility industry. Over time, the company has grown organically and made strategic acquisitions to expand its geographic presence.

The company has been witnessing a solid rebound in its end markets, on the back of key growth drivers, like an aging grid, shifting generation mix and implementation of clean energy initiatives. The company’s decentralized and entrepreneurial business model has been driving growth in recent times. Also, favorable government regulations to generate significant incremental electric transmission investment are proving conducive to growth.

Despite these positives, PWR has been grappling with adverse weather conditions in recent times. Also, unfavorable timing of revenues and corresponding income contributions of certain projects remain concerns for the company’s operational results. In addition, fluctuations in timing of large projects have also been hurting the company’s financials over the last few quarters.

PWR has had a choppy earnings history in recent times. It has a negative average surprise of 17.3%, having missed the Zacks Consensus estimate thrice over the trailing four quarters.

We have highlighted some of the key details from the just-released announcement below:

Earnings: PWR’s adjusted earnings came in at 45 cents per share, missing the Zacks Consensus Estimate of 50 cents.

Revenue: Revenues of the company came in at $2,200 million, surpassing the ZacksConsensus Estimate of $2,138 million.

Key Stats: Concurrent with the second-quarter 2017 results, the company increased its full-year guidance. PWR now expects revenues to lie in the range of $8.65-$9.05 billion, compared with the previously guided range of $8.1-$8.6 billion. Also, it raised its full-year adjusted earnings per share guidance from $1.82 to $2.07 to $1.92 to $2.10. The company also booked approximately $150 million of new communications work during the quarter

Stock Price: PWR shares were inactive following the release. It would be interesting to see how the market reacts to the results during the trading session today.

Check back later for our full write up on this PWR earnings report later!

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